Share Your Tour Experiences: Part Four
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When I first arrived to this country back in 1988, I was sadly dissapointed when I found out that Madonna launched the American leg of the Who’s That Girl tour right in my backyard. Then came the news that she would embark in another world tour, the aptly titled Blond Ambition. I was left in shocked when my hometown was not included. I was patient until her next tour, The Girlie Show. This time I was mad, because I could not believe she had left Miami out of her map again, when a year before she was running freely and naked on our streets and on the beach during the shooting of the Sex book. Eight years passed until the Drowned World tour was announced, I was delighted about the news when she scheduled two dates in South Florida. Tickets sold out in a heartbeat and I was left with none. I couldn’t believe, with all the money I’d saved up for this event. I was lucky to snatch a ticket when it was released. It was my only chance to see her for the very first time. It was not the greatest seat, but I couldn’t had not asked for more. The show was a day before her b-day so when Guy came up on stage with a cake and we all sang happy b-day, that made it even more special.
Now with the Re-Invention tour with no much money to spend, terribly missing my boyfriend, just by getting tickets for the first two annouced shows pretty much made my year. A few days later she added two more shows, wow I am going bananas where I would get the money to afford all 4 shows. I got me a second job, painful but worth it. Thank you Madonna for always cheering me up.
taboboyz
I never really thought this could happen and I sure didn’t expect it. I was supposed to go the last time she toured but something very unexpected happened. My parents found out I was gay.
By then, I was 22 years old and I was living with them. It hit them so hard that they grounded me. This of course meant no Madonna. I felt crushed. 3 years later, a family much well healed, a very admired artist on the road and a ticket that cost US$300.00! Preassure was on due to the fact that I live in the carebbean and I have to fly myself to the nearest venue (Miami), I even e mailed Oprah to help me out.
Not much of a risk taker but I called up my friend and told him to get us the closest seats to the stage. Not bad really, we got section four on the American Airlines Arena! Looks I will see her live after all before I go to a next life.
Anonymous
The re-invention tour 2004 will be my 5th Madonna tour!
I’m from France.
I’m a live shows goer, I’m going to see minimum 10 concerts a year, but through the years, starting when I was 15, I always went to her shows which I consider the coolest!
in 1987, I went to The Who’s that girl tour in Le Parc de Sceaux, the crowd was huge : 130 000! the screens were out but fortunately I was close enough to watch and listen to everything. The show itself wasn’t so good cos too huge but I was so excited, I couldn’t stop smiling!
In 1990, I went to see the Blond Ambition Tour twice! This was a completely unique experience for me, I felt I understood every part of it, especially the “Like a prayer” (redemption) to “Oh father” (rejection) parts! I really loved it!
In 1993, The Girlie Show! I went 3 times in Paris and once in Tel Aviv!!! It was so special. While I was in israel, things were so different. Madonna was walking outside in the streets completely cool. She was really relaxed and nice.
The DWT 2001 was another story, I went 4 times to watch the show in Paris. The mood was darker, the show was as well! the thing I understood then was that every show is a different Madonna. Close or cold, smart or silly,… she’s playing different characters amazingly weel and manage to never be cheap!
This time, I just hope the statement she’s about to make isn’t about her re-inventing herself to someone who’s ending her career as a performer… that’s it!
Anonymous
My tour memories begin in 1993 with the Girlie Show at Wembley Stadium – proud to say that I was at the opening night of that tour, does anyone remember waiting outside Wembley that saturday afternoon (25/09/93) and hearing Madonna soundcheck, she sang bits of Fever, Vogue, La Isla Bonita and nearly all of Rain, everyone outside was singing along and the atmosphere was electric, I was only 15 then. Got right to the front and was nearly crying when she came up and sang Erotica, does anyone remember what the boyz 2 men type band were called that supported her……
….I was gutted in 2000 when she played Brixton as I managed to score a ticket through a friend at Capital FM however I was on holiday in Mexico and my partner refused to cancel the holiday or go without me, so begrudgingly I gave up my ticket kepping my fingers crossed that she would tour the next year or I would have to murder my partner…
..and tour she did, got tickets for the last 3 nights at Earls Court in July 2001, amazing show and the only dissapointment for me was that I couldn’t get down to the front to dance. Highlights were Ray Of Light and Nobodys Perfect for me…
..then last year I made plans to spend 2004 in Sydney, with the release of American Life I was confident a tour would follow but was also confident that Sydney would figure in her plans, she left us out down here at the arse end of the world and so im blowing a fortune flying to New York and going to the last 3 Madison Square Garden gigs – on my own!!!!!!.
Its madness when I think about it but I would be sooooo gutted if I missed out, if anyone wants to hook up in NYC to have a gossip about Madonna and maybe show me the sights then please get in touch with me bobbee296@hotmail.com
I was 14, and I stood in line for 6 hours back in 1990 for tickets to the Blond Ambition Tour In Philadlphia.
I was about 15th in line, and at 10am I got my tickets for the show.
Really decent section 225 row 2, near the stage.
3 months later was the day before the show…Madonna Cancels the first Philadlphia show, luckily I had tickets to the sencond show!
Avoiding the cancelation drama, I was happy as could be, and on my way to Philadelphia to the show, and we got caught in traffic, which is normal for a concert .
While waiting in traffic, a man scalping tickets came up to the car, and offered my aunt (who was my company for the show) the tickets.
She refused, saying we already had tickets.
He asked what section, and my aunt said 225, the man said “well these tickets are much closer than section 225, and for $50.00 I will switch tickets for you”, my aunt asked me if I had $50.00 and I said yes, but it was all the money I had, and I was going to buy a tour program and a snack at the concert, but she assured me that the closer tickets were worth it, and I could get a tour book later.
I was reluctant, but agreed, and she made the exchange.
We get to the arena, and showed our tickets, and the lady said, “let me look these up”, she goes to a chart, and said “ok” section “it looks like the 08 has worn off, you are in section 408a”
It turned out that the scalper took our great tickets, and charged us $50.00 (insult to injury) to give us the most far, most obstructed view in the whole building. We were as far away from the stage, all the way up, all the way to the back of the arena!
Let me just say to this day I still get a little sick at the whole situation, but again, I could have been one of the fans who didn’t go because of the cancelation the night before.
Anyway…that’s my story!
Jeff
Two days before I left to Orlando, Florida for a mini vacation and to celebrate my 30th birthday I found out from Madonnatribe that ICON would be offering tickets for ICON members on the 23rd of March. As soon as I found out, I tried the ICON website, and to my disappointment I couldn’t log in. Somehow ICON had not added me to their database and everytime i tried to log in I would get error messages. I got into my email and contacted ICON about 6 times, and they still did not respond to my email. When I went to work that day, I tried for the last time and when I got home they had sent me an email with details about logging in to the site with my username and password. What a relief!!! All through the day I thought I would never be able to get through to them, and that I would not be able to see Madonna this time around. I was finally able to sleep a good sleep that night!!! So, I got up early the next and went to this nail salon with a close friend to have a pedicure and manicure, and I couldn’t wait to get home to sit down on my computer to try to get tickets for the Toronto show. I got home at 11:30 and the tickets would be going on sale at noon, so I was one of the first ones ready to get my hands on these babies. 12 o’clock came and I was sitting down on my computer typing and clicking away nervously excited, shivering like someone had thrown me in an ice-cold shower. I input all the info, and I got all excited at the end when the message accross the screen read “processing your order.” When i saw this message I thought I had secured the tickets, but unfortunately after a while the screen went blank, no confirmation number, no seats #s, no row #s, no email confirmation from ICON. It was a total waste of my day, and I was almost sure that I would not see Madonna this time.
So the next day I took my flight to Orlando and spent an awesome 4 days there, and arrived back in Syracuse, NY that Saturday night. After a hell of a night out in Syracuse with my friends, I woke up sunday morning with a headache out of this world and barely walking, but made it to my computer to check more info on the Re-Invention Tour. I found out again that tickets for some venues would go on sale to the general public on the 29th, and that this time I would either try for Philladelphia or the Worcester. They’re the same distance from Syracuse as Toronto, and I thought maybe I would have a better chance trying ticketmaster. So 29th came, and at 10 a.m. I was on ticketmaster.com searching for tickets to Worcester. First time I tried, it said tickets were not available because I had selected the wrong field (have no clue what I did). Then I changed my options, and minute later I had landed two $150 tickets to Madonna Re-Invention Tour in Worcester on the 27th of June, in the Lower Section 103, Row H, Seats 12 and 13. It was something inexplicable, and I will never forget. I grabbed my cell phone and called my friend at work to let him know that I had finally secured tickets to Madonna’s tour. In 2001 we saw her at the Garden for her Drowned World Tour, and we loved it immensely. I am Madonna’s biggest fan, and he is Janet’s biggest fan, but he gets excited when he sees Madonna‘s concerts because, of course, Madonna’s concerts are always different. Janet’s tours are the same every time she tours, though I shouldn’t be writing this just in case he gets tor read this and I won’t be able to go with him to Janet’s upcoming tour.
So, enough of my babbling at the troubles and excitement of getting the Re-Invention Tour tickets. I will see you on the 27th of June in Worcester, Madonna……Love you forever, your greatest fan
Hamilton